Oral history; An interview conducted on February 21, 2008 with Rev. Rick Brooks, pastor at Main Street Methodist Church in Bay St. Louis, MS. Rev. Brooks describes Hurricane Katrina's destruction to his home and to the community; he also...

Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Anne Petty, a retired schoolteacher, who describes hearing about Hurricane Katrina from her hospital bed in Washington and learning of its damage to her home in Pascagoula.

Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Harry McDonald, Sr., a retired engineer at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, who discusses Hurricane Katrina's effect on his neighborhood, his experience with FEMA, and...

Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 14, 2008 with Robert E. Bass, Jr. (born 1955). Mr. Bass earned degrees from Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi Law School. He has served in many civic capacities, including...

Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 25, 2007 with Lieutenant General John C. ""Clark"" Griffith. General Griffith describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina, as well as his involvement in commissions planning for the...

Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on June 12, 2007 and February 20, 2008 with Robert Gavagnie. A descendent of some of the first settlers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mr. Gavagnie discusses his experiences as Chief of the Bay St. Louis...

Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Edmond Boudreaux, Jr., a longtime Mississippi Gulf Coast resident and active local historian of the region. Mr. Boudreaux discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on...

"An Act for Redress of Delays Arising by Writs of Error, and Writs of False Judgement in Several Cases" was passed on November 4, 1653. It identifies certain abuses of justice caused by the delaying of the execution of court sentences through what...

"An Act for Setling the Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty" was passed on July 30, 1653. The court was given jurisdiction over all cases involving maritime commerce, including ships and their equipment, the provisioning of seagoing vessels,...

"Political Correspondences" (Lowndes Cty., Miss.) Broadside. An anti-secession broadside printed in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The document records the names of individuals who were asked to consider representing Lowndes County at the State...

A dispatch sent by Brigadier General John C. Breckinridge to Colonel H. P. Brewster in Corinth, Mississippi, apparently in response to his request for information on Union troop movements in northeast Mississippi, and warning about a potential...

A document issued in Richmond announcing Virginia Governor Letcher's appointment of Joseph C. Lawrence of New York City to a two-year term as a New York State Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

A four-page typed letter to the Editor of the Kalamazoo Gazette from Joe Ellin [?], dated August 1, 1964. The letter describes the public school system in Hattiesburg and Forrest County, Mississippi. Integration and segregation in the schools and...